(AAO) Assistant Agriculture Officer Question Paper 2015

Standard size of Agrometology Observatory is –
A) 120′ x 100′
B) 140′ x 100′
C) 160′ x 120′
D) 180′ x 120

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]D) 180′ x 120[/bg_collapse]

Harmful solar radiation absorbed by ozone layer in the earth’s atmoshere is :
A) Voilet rays
B) Ultra voilet rays
C) Red rays
D) Infrared rays

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) Ultra voilet rays[/bg_collapse]

Which chemical is used as defoliant to improve boll opening in cotton?
A) Thiadiazuron 100g/ha
B) NAA 30g/ ha
C) Colchicine 10g/ ha
D) TGA 50g/ ha

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) Thiadiazuron 100g/ha[/bg_collapse]

“Madhuri” is an improved cultivar of which type of maize crop?
A) Quality Protein corn
B) Baby corn
C) Pop corn
D) Sweet corn

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]D) Sweet corn[/bg_collapse]

Crop logging is a method of :
A) Soil fertility evaluation
B) Plan for assessing requirement of nutrients for yield maximization.
C) Assessing crop damage
D) Testing suitability of fertilizer

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) Plan for assessing requirement of nutrients for yield maximization.[/bg_collapse]

Major constituent of sunhemp fibe, which makes it the most suitable indigenous raw material for currency paper, is:
A) Cellulose
B) Pentosan
C) Lignin
D) Urinic anhydrite

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) Cellulose[/bg_collapse]

The deviation from the mean daily temperature to the minimum threshold temparature of a crop is termed as:
A) Diurnal variation
B) Heat Unit
C) Temperature gradient
D) Lapse rate

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) Heat Unit[/bg_collapse]

The total water resources available through annual precipitation in India is estimated to be:
A) 5320 Billion cubic meter (BCM)
B) 4000 BCM
C) 1800 BCM
D) 1700 BCM

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) 4000 BCM[/bg_collapse]

Individual crop has its minimum, optimum and maximum temperature for growth and development is called as:
A) Temperature gradient
B) Required temperatures
C) Cardinal temperatures
D) Diurnal variation in temperatures

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) Cardinal temperatures[/bg_collapse]

Simultaneous use of two sources of water namely surface and underground water, to irrigate a piece of land is called as-

A) Consumptive use of water
B) Seasonal consumptive use of water
C) Conjunctive use of water
D) Total crop water requirement

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) Conjunctive use of water[/bg_collapse]

Amongst cereals, the grains of which crop possess the highest fat content?
A) Pearl millet
B) Sorghum
C) Wheat
D) Barley

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) Pearl millet[/bg_collapse]

Name multi-cut cultivar of forage sorghum

A) Pusa chari 6
B) Rajasthan chari 2
C) SSG 59-3
D) HC 308

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) SSG 59-3[/bg_collapse]

Mustard oil cake is unpalatable due to presence of

A) Sinirgin
B) Carotenoides
C) Selenium
D) Magnesium

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) Sinirgin[/bg_collapse]

Indian Institute of spices Research is situated at –
A) Ajmer
B) Anand
C) Calicut
D) New Delhi

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]) Calicut[/bg_collapse]

Which variety of sesame possesses quardri carpelletum capsule?
A) RT 46
B) RT 125
C) RT 346
D) RT 351

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]D) RT 351[/bg_collapse]

Chromosome number (2n) in american cotton (G. hirsutum) is

A) 16
B) 26
C) 32
D) 52

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]D) 52[/bg_collapse]

Sharbati sonora was produced by treating sonora – 64 with

A) Alpha rays
B) Beta rays
C) Gamma rays
D) X – rays

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) Gamma rays[/bg_collapse]

The ratio of amount of water stored in the rool zone of plants to the amount of irrigation water delivered to the field is known as
A) Water use efficiency
B) Water Application efficiency
C) Water storage efficiency
D) Water Distribution efficiency

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) Water Application efficiency[/bg_collapse]

Suitable example of reflectant type of anti- transpirant is –
A) Kaolin
B) Phenyl mercuric acetate
C) Hexadeconol
D) Maleic hydrazide

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) Kaolin[/bg_collapse]

Flow rate of irrigation water one cumec-day equals to quantity of water

A) 6.34 hectare meter
B) 8.64 hectare meter
C) 10.12 hectare meter
D) 14.36 hectare meter

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) 8.64 hectare meter[/bg_collapse]

Physiological drought is on account of-

A) Annual average rainfall is less than ET
B) Average rainfall is less than normal rainfall
C) Low humidity and high wind velocity
D) Higher osmotic pressure of soil solution

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]D) Higher osmotic pressure of soil solution[/bg_collapse]

Genetically modified organisms includes incorporation of herbicide resistant trait is available in the crop

A) Cotton
B) Brinjal
C) Soybean
D) Tobacco

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) Soybean[/bg_collapse]

A process by which a virus tranfers genetic material from one bacterium to another is called as-

A) Tranformation
B) Transduction
C) Inversion
D) Conjugation

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) Transduction[/bg_collapse]

A cross between F1 or a segregating generation and one of its parents is termed as
A) Mixed cross
B) Back cross
C) Monohybrid cross
D) Dihybrid cross

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) Back cross[/bg_collapse]

Which type of commercially cultivated hybrid will give maximum degree of heterosis and uniform
plants?
A) Single cross hybrid
B) Double cross hybrid
C) Three cross hybrid
D) Top cross hybrid

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) Single cross hybrid[/bg_collapse]

The method of breeding that gives the maximum opportunity for the breeder to use his/ her skill and
judgment for the selection of plants is?
A) Bulk method
B) Introduction and selection
C) Pedigree method
D) Mass selection

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) Pedigree method[/bg_collapse]

A genome that is diploid but contains an extra chromosome, homologous with one of the existing pairs, so that one kind of chromosome is present in triplicate-
A) Trisomic
B) Trioecious
C) Triploidy
D) Triplex

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) Trisomic[/bg_collapse]

Which of the following fertilizer/s is/ are not produced in India
A) DAP
B) Urea
C) Muriate of potash
D) All of these

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) Muriate of potash[/bg_collapse]

The upper limit of soil moisture availability for plant growth?
A) Matric Suction
B) Field Capacity
C) Hygroscopic coefficient
D) PWP

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) Field Capacity[/bg_collapse]

Flame photometer is used in the detection of which of the following nutrients(s)?
A) N and P
B) N and K
C) K
D) P

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) K[/bg_collapse]

In universal soil loss equation, A=RKLSCP, K denotes
A) Soil conservation practice
B) Soil roughness
C) Soil erodibility
D) None of these

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) Soil erodibility[/bg_collapse]

Reconnaissance soil survey carried out to produce maps for planning in all the states of the country at the scale of-
A) 1:8000
B) 1.12000
C) 1:20000
D) 1:250000

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]D) 1:250000[/bg_collapse]

Quartz mineral is composed of-
A) Aluminium silicate
B) Silicon dioxide
C) Ferro – magnesium silicate
D) Hydrated aluminium silicate

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) Silicon dioxide[/bg_collapse]

The headquarter of National centre of organic farming is located at-
A) New Delhi
B) Hyderabad
C) Bhopal
D) Ghaziabad

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]D) Ghaziabad[/bg_collapse]

The concept of biodynamic manure was given by
A) Albert Howard
B) Walter Northbourne
C) C.L.Acharya
D) Rudolf Steiner

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]D) Rudolf Steiner[/bg_collapse]

Which of the following crop is used as indicator crop for the deficiency of nitrogen, phosphorus and zinc?
A) Potato
B) Cauliflower
C) Rice
D) Maize

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]D) Maize[/bg_collapse]

Which of the following Fertilizer is not compatible for using in fertigation with the potassium sulfate?
A) Urea
B) Ammonium nitrate
C) Calcium nitrate
D) Potassium nitrate

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) Calcium nitrate[/bg_collapse]

The role of parent material in soil formation is
A) Initially passive and later on active
B) Initially active and later on passive
C) Active
D) Passive

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]D) Passive[/bg_collapse]

A soil survey undertaken to prepare resource inventory of large areas is called as
A) Reconnaissance soil survey
B) Detailed soil survey
C) Semi- detailed survey
D) Detailed reconnaissance survey

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) Reconnaissance soil survey[/bg_collapse]

The optimum row to row and plant to plant spacing for early cabbage is
A) 60 cm x 45 cm
B) 60 cm x 60 cm
C) 45 cm x 45 cm
D) 45 cm x 30 cm

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) 45 cm x 45 cm[/bg_collapse]

The seed rate for hybrid capsicum varieties is-

A) 200 – 250 g/ha.
B) 750 – 800 g/ha.
C) 1000 – 1500 g/ha.
D) 2000 – 2500 g/ha

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) 200 – 250 g/ha.[/bg_collapse]

Indian goose berry belongs to family-

A) Rutaceae
B) Leguminoceae
C) Euphorbiaceae
D) Anacardiaceae

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) Euphorbiaceae[/bg_collapse]

Spongy tissue disorder hamper the export of mango variety

A) Bombay Green
B) Kesar
C) Alphanso
D) Dashehari

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) Alphanso[/bg_collapse]

Which one of the following fruit is not a monocotyledonens?
A) Pineapple
B) Papaya
C) Datepalm
D) Banana

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) Papaya[/bg_collapse]

Which of the following hormone is used for degreening in citrus?
A) Auxins
B) Cytokinins
C) GA 3
D) Ethephon

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]D) Ethephon[/bg_collapse]

Botanically, banana fruit is a –
A) Berry
B) Nut
C) Pome
D) Drupe

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) Berry[/bg_collapse]

Early Nantes is an important variety of-

A) Carrot
B) Cauliflower
C) Cabbage
D) Pea

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) Carrot[/bg_collapse]

“RATNA’ variety of mango is a cross of-

A) Neelum x Dashehri
B) Dashehri x Neelum
C) Alphanso x Sindhu
D) Neelum X Alphonso

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]D) Neelum X Alphonso[/bg_collapse]

“Puffiness is a physiological disorder of which crop?
A) Tomato
B) Chilli
C) Cauliflower
D) Cabbage

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) Tomato[/bg_collapse]

Diara land cultivation of vegetable is related to –
A) Solanaceous
B) Cucurbitaceae
C) Cole crops
D) Leafy vegetables

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) Cucurbitaceae[/bg_collapse]

“Pusa Mahak’ is a variety of which flower crop

A) Marigold
B) Tuberose
C) Rose
D) Jasmine

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) Rose[/bg_collapse]

Formal channel of marketing is-

A) Direct sale to consumer
B) Sale in village itself to travelling merchants
C) Sale in nearby market
D) All of these

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) Sale in nearby market[/bg_collapse]

Which one of the following is not an objective of farm planning.
A) Efficient use of farm resources
B) Help to raise and stablize farm income
C) Give consideration for efficient marketing facilities
D) Analyzing plan for the use of natural resources of the command of the decision maker.

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]D) Analyzing plan for the use of natural resources of the command of the decision maker.[/bg_collapse]

Who is the father of ‘ Modern Theory of Management ‘ ?
A) Henri Fayol
B) Terry
C) Franklin
D) None of these

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) Henri Fayol[/bg_collapse]

Grouping of two or more than two consumers for a product or service so that their needs are better
served, can be defined as

A) Group Segment
B) Policy Segment
C) Market Segment
D) None of these

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) Market Segment[/bg_collapse]

The market in which there are few buyers, is termed as

A) Monopsony market
B) Oligopoly market
C) Monopolistic market
D) Oligopsony market

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]D) Oligopsony market[/bg_collapse]

Who is the present Ex- Officio chairman of NITI Aayog?
A) Amitab Kant
B) Narendra Modi
C) Rajiv Kumar
D) Dinesh Arora

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) Narendra Modi[/bg_collapse]

In serving total agricuitural credit contribution from different banks in decreasing order is-

A) Rural banks, Co-operative banks, Commercial banks, Private sector banks.
B) Commercial banks, Rural banks, Co-operative banks, Private sector banks.
C) Commercial banks, Co-operative banks, Rural banks, Private sector banks.
D) Co-operative banks, Rural banks, Commercial banks, Private sector banks.

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) Commercial banks, Co-operative banks, Rural banks, Private sector banks.[/bg_collapse]

Under distress sale, what is the relationship between marketed and marketable surpluses for a farmer?
A) Marketed surplus=0
B) Marketed surplus = Marketable surplus
C) Marketed surplus > Marketable surplus
D) Marketed surplus < Marketable surplus

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) Marketed surplus > Marketable surplus[/bg_collapse]

The point of inflexion in classical production function lies at a point where
A) Marginal Physical Product (MPP) is maximum
B) Average Physical Product (APP) is maximum
C) MPP = APP
D) MPP = 0

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) Marginal Physical Product (MPP) is maximum[/bg_collapse]

Which one of the following is the objective of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP)?
A) To stabilize agricultural prices
B) To ensure meaningful real income levels to the farmers
C) To protect the interest of the consumers by providing essential agricultural commodities at reasonable rate through PDS
D) All of these

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) To ensure meaningful real income levels to the farmers[/bg_collapse]

Pradhan Mantri fasal Bima Yogana (PMFBY) was launched in-

A) 2015
B) 2016
C) 2017
D) 2018

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) 2016[/bg_collapse]

The National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) was launched by ICAR, New Delhi
through the support of-

A) World Bank
B) Govt of India
C) World Bank and Government of India
D) Government of India and State Govt.

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) World Bank and Government of India[/bg_collapse]

The first Krishi Vigyan Kendra, on pilot basis, was established in India at Pondicherry in the year
A) 1966
B) 1970
C) 1974
D) 1978

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) 1974[/bg_collapse]

In which year, programme on training of rural youth (BPL farmers) for self employment aimed at
providing technical and entrepreneurial skill has been commenced?
A) 1979
B) 1990
C) 2013
D) 2017

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) 1979[/bg_collapse]

Paramparagat Kirshi Vikas Yogana was started in India in the year ?

A) 2013 
B) 2015
C) 2017
D) 2018

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) 2015[/bg_collapse]

A continuous and cooperative activity, involving the local farmers and extension staff in which objective of the work are set forth and action planned is known as-
A) Programming
B) Planning
C) Programme planning
D) Programme planning process

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]D) Programme planning process[/bg_collapse]

Need based and skill oriented vocational training to field staff and to practising farmers is being undertaken in the system of-
A) Krishi Vigyan Kendra
B) National Demonstration
C) Lab to Land Programme
D) Jawahar Rozgar Yojana

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) Krishi Vigyan Kendra[/bg_collapse]

Agricultural clinic is helpful to farmer for –
A) Testing soil sample
B) Testing irrigation water quality
C) Testing seed viability
D) Providing specialized guidence in writing

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) Testing irrigation water quality[/bg_collapse]

Visual aid for tranfrer of technology includes:-
A) Audio teleconference
B) e – mail
C) Cultural programme
D) All of these

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) e – mail[/bg_collapse]

Extension Education is related where ?
A) Audience is more or less homogeneous
B) Teaching is mainly vertical and curriculum centred
C) Teaching is mainly horizental and need based
D) Pre- planned and pre- decided

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) Teaching is mainly horizental and need based[/bg_collapse]

Method demonstration does not include

A) Seed treatment with rhizobium culture
B) Use of improved variety seed
C) Taking soil sample for its testing
D) Budding in fruit plants

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) Use of improved variety seed[/bg_collapse]

The three characteristics of extension are –
A) Teaching- Informal- Felxible
B) Teaching – Formal- Voluntary
C) Teaching- Curriculum based- Compulsory
D) Teaching- Cooperation- Formal

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) Teaching- Informal- Felxible[/bg_collapse]

Match the List-Ⅰ  With List-ⅠⅠ and Select the appropriate given below the list-

List -Ⅰ                                                                      List-Ⅱ

(A) Sender                                      1. Visuals

(B) Message                                  2. Encoding

(C) Channel                                  3. Intropretation

(D) Receiver                                 4. Hard data

A) A B C D 2 4 1 3
B) A B C D 1 3 2 4
C) A B C D 3 2 4 1
D) A B C D 4 1 3 2

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) A B C D 2 4 1 3[/bg_collapse]

The major difference between the innovation decision process and the diffusion process is that-

A) Innovation decision making takes place within the mind of an individual.
B) Innovation decision- making takes place with a group.
C) Innovation decision is adopted after rejection.
D) Innovation decision is a collection of learning experience.

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) Innovation decision making takes place within the mind of an individual.[/bg_collapse]

National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources is located at

A) New Delhi
B) Anand
C) Lucknow
D) Karnal

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]D) Karnal[/bg_collapse]

Care of new born calf should include:
A) Colostrum feeding within one hour of birth
B) Dehorning and disbudding within 24 hours of birth
C) Noves cord cutting very close to ligature
D) All of these

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) Colostrum feeding within one hour of birth[/bg_collapse]

Gaddi is a breed of –
A) Sheep
B) Swine
C) Goat
D) Buffalo

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) Sheep[/bg_collapse]

Frozen semen is being stored at-

A) -169° C
B) -171° C
C) -196° C
D) -206° C

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) -196° C[/bg_collapse]

The breed evolved by crossing of Murrh and Surti breed of buffalo is

A) Nili Ravi
B) Jafarabadi
C) Mahsana
D) Nagpuri

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) Mahsana[/bg_collapse]

Gumbora is a disease of which animal?
A) Chicken
B) Cow
C) Goat
D) Sheep

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) Chicken[/bg_collapse]

FMD (Food and mouth) disease of cattle is a
A) Fungal Disease
B) Viral Disease
C) Protozoan Disease
D) Bacterial Disease

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) Viral Disease[/bg_collapse]

Ranikhet is a ____________ disease?
A) Viral
B) Bacterial
C) Fingal
D) Nematodal

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) Viral[/bg_collapse]

Which of the following is not a draught purpose bread of a cow?
A) Nagauri
B) Malvi
C) Amrit Mahal
D) Rathi

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]D) Rathi[/bg_collapse]

Which of the following breed of buffalo has the highest fat percentage?
A) Murrah
B) Bhadawari
C) Surti
D) Jaffarabadi

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) Bhadawari[/bg_collapse]

Protein content in mustard cake is about

A) 20%
B) 35%
C) 8%
D) 55%

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) 35%[/bg_collapse]

______ is the best method of milking.
A) Fisting
B) Knuckling
C) Stripping
D) Knuckling and Stripping

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) Fisting[/bg_collapse]

The carburetar is main part of Engine

A) Diesel Engire
B) Steam Engine
C) Petrol Engine
D) Gas Engine

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) Petrol Engine[/bg_collapse]

Which weir is used to measure high discharge?
A) Rectangular weir
B) Trapezoidal weir
C) Triangular weir
D) None of these

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) Rectangular weir[/bg_collapse]

Water can be measured on volume basis if it is…
A) At rest
B) In motion
C) At rest and In motion
D) None of these

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) At rest[/bg_collapse]

Open impeller is made by?
A) Mild steel
B) Cast iron
C) Forged steel
D) Stainless steel

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) Forged steel[/bg_collapse]

Which type of nozzle is most commonly used for herbicide application?
A) Flood jet
B) Flat fan
C) Solid cone
D) Centrifugal type

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) Flat fan[/bg_collapse]

Which of the following machine is not good for zero- till planting of crop under surface residue
condition?
A) Turbo happy seeder
B) Rotary disc drill
C) Double disc drill
D) Tyne opener zero till drill

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) Rotary disc drill[/bg_collapse]

Drainage of 1 ha cm in 24 hours equals drainage of-

A) 1.157 lps
B) 0.117 lps
C) 2.7 lps
D) 2 lps

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) 1.157 lps[/bg_collapse]

The ratio between area of crop irrigated and quantity of water applied crop is termed as?
A) Duty
B) Delta
C) Base period
D) Irrigation quotient

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) Delta[/bg_collapse]

The wind velocity is measured by
A) Current meter
B) Hydrometer
C) Anemometer
D) None of these

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) Anemometer[/bg_collapse]

Which harrow is also called “bakhar”
A) Disc harow
B) Spike tooth harow
C) Spring tooth
D) Blade harow

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]D) Blade harow[/bg_collapse]

The value of variable which occurs most frequently is called as

A) Mean
B) Mode
C) Median
D) Weighted Mean

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) Mode[/bg_collapse]

Variance is –

A) The square root of variation of values
B) The coefficient of variation of values
C) The reciprocal of mean of standard deviation
D) The square of standard deviation

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]D) The square of standard deviation[/bg_collapse]

The relationship between Arithmetic mean (A), Harmonic mean (H) and Geometric mean (G), is-

A) G² = AH

B) G=  √A+H

C) H² = GA
D) A² =  GH

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) G² = AH[/bg_collapse]

The average of the absolute deviations taken from centrol value is called as
A) Mean deviation
B) Standard deviation
C) Coefficient of variation
D) Range

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) Mean deviation[/bg_collapse]

When value of one variable changes while other variable remains constant, it is known as
A) Negative correlation
B) Direct correction
C) Positive correction
D) Independent

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]D) Independent[/bg_collapse]

If Q1 = 5, Q2 = 10 and Q3 = 20, the quartile deviation will be
A) 15
B) 25
C) 7.5
D) 30

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) 7.5[/bg_collapse]

Which of the following would you regard as discrete variable
A) Height
B) Time
C) Wages paid to workers
D) Number of children in a family

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]D) Number of children in a family[/bg_collapse]

Which of the following is best to show the percentage of the production of different crops in Rajasthan
during 2016-2017
A) Histogram
B) Ogive curve
C) Stem and leaf chart
D) Pie chart

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]D) Pie chart[/bg_collapse]

The mean of 20 observations is 25. What will be the mean of new set of observation, if 3 is added to each observation.
A) 26
B) 28
C) 30
D) 32

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) 28[/bg_collapse]

The coefficient of correlation between X and Y is 0.6, their covariance is 4.8. The variance of X is 9. Then the standard deviation of Y is –
A) 4.8/3*0.6
B) 0.6/4.8*3
C) 4.8*0.6/3
D) 4.8/9*0.6

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) 4.8/3*0.6[/bg_collapse]

Pectinophora gossypilla is a pest of-

A) Cumin
B) Brinjal
C) Cotton
D) Spinach

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) Cotton[/bg_collapse]

Heterorhabditis sp. Is used for control of
A) Rice stem bore
B) Pea leaf miner
C) White grub
D) Coriander aphid

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) White grub[/bg_collapse]

Diamond back moth is a pest of
A) Cotton
B) Cabbage
C) Rice
D) Soybean

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) Cabbage[/bg_collapse]

Melanagromyza obtusa is a pest of
A) Red gram
B) Tomato
C) Potato
D) Mustard

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) Red gram[/bg_collapse]

Trichogramma chilonis parasitoid used for the control of
A) Bollworm of cotton
B) White fly
C) Aphid
D) Thrips

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) Bollworm of cotton[/bg_collapse]

Basillus thuringiensis is used for the control of
A) Diamond backmoth
B) Fruit sucking moth
C) Thrips
D) Aphids

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]A) Diamond backmoth[/bg_collapse]

Yellow and Witches broom symptoms caused by
A) Viroid
B) Fungus
C) phytoplasma
D) Bacteria

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]C) phytoplasma[/bg_collapse]

Rice tungro disease is caused by
A) A mixture of spherical and flexous viruses.
B) A bacilliform virus alone.
C) A mixture of bacilliform and flexous virus.
D) A mixture of spherical and bacilliform virus

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]D) A mixture of spherical and bacilliform virus[/bg_collapse]

an example of autoecious rust is
A) Stem rust of wheat
B) Bajra rust
C) Apple rust
D) Linseed rust

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]D) Linseed rust[/bg_collapse]

Aflatoxins are produced by
A) Alternaria burnsii
B) Fusarium graminearum
C) Cladosporium spp.
D) Aspergillus flaxus

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]D) Aspergillus flaxus[/bg_collapse]

Sclerotia are formed in which fungus
A) Pythium
B) Claviceps
C) Physoderma
D) Rhizopus

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) Claviceps[/bg_collapse]

Which fungicide is used for control of downy mildew.
A) Karathane
B) Ridomil MZ
C) Thiram
D) Captan

[bg_collapse view=”button-green” color=”rgba(0,86,1,0.85″ icon=”eye” expand_text=”Show Answer” collapse_text=”Hide” ]B) Ridomil MZ[/bg_collapse]